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mithya
30 April 2009, 12:21 PM
Very insightful view on the eye-mind connection. So in meditation, the question is not what to do, but what NOT to. It's to NOT concentrate, but simply be. That way, we'll be restored to our original state-natural, expansive awareness that requires no effort. Awareness is the key, and concentration the curse.

http://frothfromwalt.blogspot.com/2008/06/accessing-peripheral-vision.html

sunyatisunya
30 April 2009, 12:53 PM
Very insightful view on the eye-mind connection. So in meditation, the question is not what to do, but what NOT to. It's to NOT concentrate, but simply be. That way, we'll be restored to our original state-natural, expansive awareness that requires no effort. Awareness is the key, and concentration the curse.

http://frothfromwalt.blogspot.com/2008/06/accessing-peripheral-vision.html

Various concentration techniques exist to bring mind to a certain point - a point where maintaining open, undisturbed awareness can actually be done successfully. If you look at something like Tilopa's Six Words of Advice to his disciple, this is the very simple instruction for meditation. Just letting go, not doing. Being. It's simple to write but seemingly impossible when practiced (or not-practiced) as most people will find.

Every time my meditation is successful I am always amazed at how simple the process is revealed to be.

atanu
02 May 2009, 08:15 AM
Very insightful view on the eye-mind connection. So in meditation, the question is not what to do, but what NOT to. It's to NOT concentrate, but simply be. That way, we'll be restored to our original state-natural, expansive awareness that requires no effort. Awareness is the key, and concentration the curse.

http://frothfromwalt.blogspot.com/2008/06/accessing-peripheral-vision.html

Really it is too interesting to be of interest. I did not see mention of any curse in the blog, however, and that was somewhat interesting.

mithya
02 May 2009, 12:29 PM
Really it is too interesting to be of interest. I did not see mention of any curse in the blog, however, and that was somewhat interesting.

It's called inference. Concentration tends to narrow our vision down to one or few objects to the exclusion of others. So we might miss out on a lot of other things. Some people would think of this as a curse, in that we're trapped in a network of thought without no scope for expansion (of awareness).

atanu
02 May 2009, 03:49 PM
It's called inference. Concentration tends to narrow our vision down to one or few objects to the exclusion of others. So we might miss out on a lot of other things. Some people would think of this as a curse, -----.

Truly. Some people do interpretation of illusions. Who is concentrating? Illusion is concentrating. Who thinks that concentrating is a curse. Illusion thinks so.

atanu
02 May 2009, 05:20 PM
It's to NOT concentrate, but simply be. That way, we'll be restored to our original state-natural, expansive awareness that requires no effort. Awareness is the key, and concentration the curse.

http://frothfromwalt.blogspot.com/2008/06/accessing-peripheral-vision.html

How to be aware of awareness? By frittering away the concentration. A very nice prescription.